Pollex Reconstructed Protoforms
| Level | Reconstruction | Description |
|---|---|---|
| PEKA-PEKA.2 | Trouble, troubled, perplexed | |
| PEKA.1 | Fruit bat, flying-fox | |
| PEKA.2A | A cross, crosswise | |
| PEKA.2B | Criss-cross, branching, tangled (vegetation) | |
| PEKAHI | Fan | |
| PEKE.1A | Ascend, climb, leap | |
| PEKE.1B | Be carried on the wind (as smoke or a kite), dissipate, disappear | |
| PEKE.1C | Quick, agile | |
| PEKE.2A | Twisted, bent, crooked, stunted | |
| PEKE.2B | Crouch, hunch up in fetal position; fold limbs | |
| PEKE.3 | Soak up liquid (food) | |
| PEKEPEKE | Coconut cream sauce | |
| PELA | Mud, muddy, dirt, filth | |
| PELE.1 | Beloved | |
| PELE.2 | A plant (Abelmoschus [= Hibiscus] manihot) with edible leaves | |
| PELU.A | Bend, fold | |
| PELU.B | Improvised container made of folded leaf | |
| PELUPELU | A small fish | |
| PENA.1A | Dress hair | |
| PENA.1B | Prepare; get something ready, attend to, take care of | |
| PENA.2 | Strap, such as a belt, halter, snare; to bind up, wrap | |
| PENA.3 | Back of neck | |
| PENU.A | Trash, especially refuse of coconut or pandanus fruit | |
| PENU.B | Pestle, pounder | |
| PEPE | Butterfly | |
| PEQE | Over-ripe, soft (of breadfruit) | |
| PEQE-SI.A1 | Throw down, beat down, fall on | |
| PEQE-SI.A2 | Of the effects of large natural forces | |
| PEQE-SI.A3 | Broken, crushed | |
| PEQE-SI.B1 | Throw, toss, throw (to); throw out, throw away, discard | |
| PEQE-SI.B2 | Throw stones, stone (v) | |
| PEQE-SI.B3 | Beat, kill | |
| PEQE-SI.B4 | Throw out line or net | |
| PEQE-SI.B5 | Throw out food as offering; donate; pay | |
| PEQI | An exclamation (Rby): *pe(q)i | |
| PERA | Decayed, of flesh | |
| PERE.1 | To go, roam round | |
| PERE.2 | Sudden, sharp movement, as in adzing, weeding, throwing | |
| PERE.3 | Dart, n. | |
| PERERAU | Wing | |
| PESE.1 | Sing, song | |
| PESE.2 | String figures | |
| PESU | Rubbish, dirty; plant variety ?: *pe(f,s)u | |
| PETE | Rash on the skin, itch | |
| PETI | Be fat | |
| PETU | Kick out | |
| PEU.1 | ||
| PEU.2 | Custom, habit | |
| PEWA | Crescent-shaped object | |
| PI-PIKI | Close eyes |
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